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HEALTHCARE FEATURED MEMBER FAV ORITE QUOTE “ The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart. –HELEN KELLER ’’ Valerie Ablaza, MD The Plastic Surgery Group V 2017 WINNER alerie Ablaza’s resume documents as a partner at The Plastic Surgery Group in her education since high school, Montclair. but her professional preparation began long Dr. Ablaza was the first woman president of before that. Born into a medical family, the NJ Society of Plastic Surgeons, and has the daughter of a surgeon and a nurse, she advocated in Washington in support of breast watched how her father practiced medicine, cancer education. She sits on the board of the with humanity, empathy, and respect. She Metro YMCA of the Oranges, is an active has carried those qualities with her, as an committee member at the Montclair Art undergrad at Boston College and in her Museum, and donates her talents to Healing medical training at the Medical College of the Children, which provides reconstructive Pennsylvania and Cornell Medical Center, surgery to disadvantaged communities. and they have guided her through 20 years Contact Info: 22 LWE MAGAZINE Valerie Ablaza I The Plastic Surgery Group 973.233.1933 I [email protected] I plasticsurgerygroupnewjersey.com